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Azerbaijan GP preview: Baku's 2026 pole could be slower than its lap record
We forecast the 2026 Baku pole at 1:43.9 to 1:44.5, slower than the race lap record Leclerc set in 2019. Session times for the first Saturday race in Baku, the last three winners and what to watch.


Spanish GP team radio: Norris says McLaren should have won
Norris said McLaren deserved to win "quite easily", Hamilton lost his brakes on lap 6, Russell asked why Mercedes were not trying to win, and Ferrari kept Leclerc out hoping something would happen. Every radio message from the first Madrid race.


Spanish GP Results: Antonelli Wins the First Madring Race
Kimi Antonelli won the first Grand Prix at the Madring by 4.351 seconds from Max Verstappen and Lando Norris, after a Virtual Safety Car stop and 32 laps chasing Charles Leclerc. Full results, penalties and retirements.


Spanish GP Qualifying: Norris Takes the First Madring Pole by 0.011s
Norris beat Antonelli to the first Madring pole by 11 thousandths. We predicted the pole time from Friday practice and missed by 0.014 seconds. Full results, grid penalty and the radio.


Sepang returns: the Bahrain Grand Prix that is being held in Malaysia
The 2026 Bahrain Grand Prix is being run at Sepang, 6,000 km from Bahrain. More than half the current grid has never turned a lap there, and the man who won the last one is still racing.


Spanish GP preview: the first race at a circuit nobody has driven
We predicted the Madring pole time from Friday practice. It was 1:31.824, 0.014 seconds off. Here is the grid, the penalties and what to watch in the race.


Antonelli wins the Italian Grand Prix from 19th on the grid
He restarted twelfth after the red flag, made one more pit stop than the man he was chasing, and still had enough left to set the fastest lap of the race on the road to the flag.


Italian GP Qualifying: Gasly Takes Alpine's First Ever Pole
Gasly beat Russell by 0.060 for his maiden pole and Alpine's first ever. Antonelli and Albon then took power unit penalties, so the grid is not the qualifying order.


Italian GP FP3 Results: Russell Leads, Hamilton Puts a Ferrari Second
Russell topped final practice at Monza with a 1:22.219, but the number that will worry everyone is 21 deleted laps in a single hour, most of them at Turn 1.


Mercedes Took 10 of 13 Poles in 2026, Then Gasly Ended It
Antonelli six, Russell four, Norris two. Then Gasly took Alpine's first ever pole at Monza and ended the run. The qualifying data explains all of it.


Italian GP Race Preview: What Friday's Data Says About Sunday
Ferrari topped Friday on mediums, Mercedes had the race pace, and Monza has not seen a safety car in three years. What the measured data says about the race.


Madrid Grand Prix: The Madring Circuit Explained
F1 has now driven the Madring. We measured the first laps: 1:33.662, 204.8 km/h average, 64% full throttle, and 55 lap times deleted in two sessions.